DOUBLE STANDARD: On the Tuesday edition of the Today Show, Matt Lauer interviewed both Perez Hilton and Miss California Carrie PreJean about the anti-gay marriage views Prejean revealed during the Miss USA 2009 pageant. But while Lauer grilled Hilton, he had what seemed to be lovefest with Prejean, perhaps revealing his own feelings about same-sex marriage in the process.
Miley Cyrus tweets love: Perez Hilton continued his self-made media blitz and roped Miley Cyrus into the Miss California and same-sex marriage debate via Twitter. Miley reminded Twitter followers, “God’s greatest commandment is to love. And judging is not loving.”
CALIFORNIA'S NEW GOVERNOR? San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom formally announced Tuesday that he will be running for governor of California in 2010. Nearly as progressive as his political stance is the way he made the announcement – simultaneously through Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
LOOK AT US:  HRC today announced the #FightHateNow hashtag for Twitter users to contribute to and stay current on the status of the federal hate crimes bill, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (LLEHCPA), now pending in the U.S. House. By entering #FightHateNow at search.twitter.com, anyone can review the real-time updates submitted by Twitter [...]
Today the Human Rights Campaign released a new video in conjunction with the campaign to pass federal hate crimes legislation. The video, “10 Years,” features Judy Shepard, whose son Matthew was murdered in 1998 in Laramie, Wyoming because he was gay. Watch it here:  The video profiles the stories of hate crimes victims who were targeted because of who [...]
From Reuters: A majority of New Yorkers support a bill legalizing gay marriage, according to a poll released on Monday, but the measure still faces an uphill battle in the state legislature. By a margin of 53 to 39 percent, New York voters said they backed Governor David Paterson’s proposal enabling same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses, [...]
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